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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is seen by the narrator and Lettie as they feel the storm in Chapter 4?
(a) A cougar.
(b) A manta wolf.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A panther.

2. In Chapter 7, what flowers can the narrator see as he watches his father and Ursula walk around the gardens?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Tulips.
(c) Daffodils and narcissi.
(d) Roses and hollyhocks.

3. In Chapter 4, what is the second color Lettie wants to find?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Blue.

4. What is the name of the Hempstocks' cow?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Molly.
(c) Bossy.
(d) Bessie.

5. How long had Mr. Wollery tended the gardens at the narrator’s house before they lived there?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the car the narrator’s father gets in Chapter 3?

2. What does Old Mrs. Hempstock say happened to the really old country?

3. In Chapter 7, from where does the narrator watch as his father shows Ursula around the gardens?

4. How many strokes does the narrator’s sister brush her hair every night?

5. What color are the doors on the outside of the outside toilet at the narrator’s house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his seventh birthday party in Chapter 1?

2. What items lead Lettie to the creature in Chapter 4?

3. What does the narrator’s father do in Chapter 7 after the narrator refuses to eat or apologize to Ursula?

4. What new job has the narrator's mother taken in Chapter 6?

5. What does Mr. Wollery find in the garden in Chapter 3?

6. How does the narrator describe his family's last housekeeper in Chapter 6?

7. How does the narrator describe the clearing that he and Lettie enter in their search for the creature in Chapter 4?

8. What does the narrator’s father do when he comes home from work in Chapter 7?

9. What are narcissi and what are they named for?

10. Where does the narrator like to read on nice spring days?

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